Obama's empty cupboard: contending with vacancies and the threat to neutral competence
By: Vaughn, Justin S.
Contributor(s): Villalobos, Jose D.
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ArticlePublisher: 2009Description: p.792-99.Subject(s): Public administration
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International Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: In this essay, we focus on the public administration challenge concerning the rising number of politically motivated administrative vacancies resulting from Geiorge W. Bush's tenure in office with which President Barack Obama must now contend. We argue that the hyper-politicization of personnel decision-making during the presidency of George W. bush left many parts of the federal bureaucracy understaffed, yet more densely populated by staffers chosen more for ideological and political congruence than administrative competence. For President Obama to achieve key aspects of his policy agenda, he must first attend to fixing these staffing problems and then to reforming the personnel process to prevent similar problems from plaguing future presidential administrations. - Reproduced.
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In this essay, we focus on the public administration challenge concerning the rising number of politically motivated administrative vacancies resulting from Geiorge W. Bush's tenure in office with which President Barack Obama must now contend. We argue that the hyper-politicization of personnel decision-making during the presidency of George W. bush left many parts of the federal bureaucracy understaffed, yet more densely populated by staffers chosen more for ideological and political congruence than administrative competence. For President Obama to achieve key aspects of his policy agenda, he must first attend to fixing these staffing problems and then to reforming the personnel process to prevent similar problems from plaguing future presidential administrations. - Reproduced.
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